“I don’t know what I wan’t to do. And I don’t know how to know, you know?”, says the Scarlett Johansson character in Lost in Translation. (Despite reference, I’ve used Andy Sachs as this post’s featured image because I like Hathaway/TDWP way better). Existential crises are as rampant as Céline bag knock-offs of late. We [...]
Sara is a Business Analyst for Fiat Group Automobiles UK and has been in London for 5 years. Prior, she spent 2 years working for PricewaterhouseCoopers in her hometown of Genoa, Italy. What are three things every Londoner should have? A sense of adventure, good walking shoes (to switch with high heels stilettos at night) [...]
If you haven’t been to enchanting Bruges yet, I urge you to go. With swans gliding along medieval canals, pristinely preserved gothic architecture, church bells chiming, classical music playing pretty much everywhere, and horse-drawn carriages; it somehow pulls off looking and feeling every bit a fairy tale, without looking gimmicky. These are the five places in Bruges that [...]
Go ahead and break the bank – these five products are a lot of bang for your buck, and ones I’ve been faithful to. You cannot look good if you have not taken care of the basics – healthy, shiny hair; glowing, hydrated skin; neat, well-formed eyebrows, and smooth lips – no matter what you’re [...]
Alexa Solveig Mardon is a writer and contemporary dancer. Her poetry and fiction has appeared in the journals WestCoastLine, Room Magazine and Inter/Tidal. As this post went to press, Alexa moved back to Vancouver, where she currently dances with the Modus Operandi Professional Contemporary Dance Training program. How long have you lived in London? On [...]
I’m (almost) embarassed to admit that ‘Gee, Officer Krupke’ has somehow become my go-to song. A few weeks back I had serious jitters about an important business meeting and was looking through my playlists to find a song that would give me a jolt of positivity and perspective (hip hop, almost every time). But for [...]
Annika has worked in merchandising at Gap HQ in London for 3 years. Prior, ever a citizen of the world, she has lived in Sydney and Barcelona (where she completed her business degree at European University). She is from Gothenburg, Sweden. What do you enjoy the most about fashion merchandising? It’s definitely the actual planning [...]
Prior to visiting Italy as an adult, when my Italian friends in London ranted on about aperitivos, and how the concept should be brought to the UK, I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. “So you order a drink and an appetizer or olives”, I’d say. But after spending time in the Liguria [...]
Max Jakubke Floral Architect and Event Planner at innovision Where are you from? I grew up in Vancouver, and lived in New York [where among other things, she worked on a project designing a flower shop at The Plaza’s Todd English food hall] for a while before moving to London 6 months ago. Best breakfast [...]
Every week I’ll be profiling a new expat who’s picked up sticks to come to London and work in fashion or related creative fields. This week, it’s Danielle Meder, fashion illustrator and trend theorist. Where are you from and how long have you lived in London? I’m from Bancroft, Ontario. I lived in Toronto for [...]